Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Garners Mill, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Garners Mill and the surrounding area.

• Weather ...
  • Before heading outdoors, you should check the weather:
  • The National Weather Service forecast for Garners Mill

• Astronomy & Satellites ...
  • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
  • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Garners Mill:
  • 36.555983, -77.670538
  • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
  • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Garners Mill

• Bird Watching ...
  • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
  • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Greensville County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Greensville County
  • Since Garners Mill is near Northampton County and also Halifax County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Northampton County
  • Open the eBird sighting report for Halifax County

• Waymarking ...
  • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
  • Open the Waymark.com report for Garners Mill

Curious and Interesting Names Near Garners Mill ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

• Ante
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Ante is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ante
• Brewers Crossroads
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brewers Crossroads is located in Northampton County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brewers Crossroads
• Brink
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Brink is located in Greensville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brink
• Gum Forks
  (3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
  • Gum Forks is located in Northampton County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gum Forks
• Harris Crossroads
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Harris Crossroads is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harris Crossroads
• Mitchells Mill
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Mitchells Mill is located in Greensville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mitchells Mill
• Paris Store
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • Paris Store is located in Greensville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Paris Store
• Pleasant Hill
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Pleasant Hill is located in Northampton County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Hill
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Pleasant Hill <1>
• Rosemary
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Rosemary is located in Halifax County (NC)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemary
• Skippers
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Skippers is located in Greensville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skippers
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Skippers <1>
• Slates Corner
  (Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
  • Slates Corner is located in Greensville County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Slates Corner
• Triplet
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Triplet is located in Brunswick County
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Triplet

How Far From Garners Mill to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Garners Mill to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Garners Mill and extending to:

• Emporia, which is the Seat of Greensville County, lies 11 miles [17.7 km]<2> to the northeast. If you could walk a straight line from Garners Mill to Emporia, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take five to six hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take nearly four hours.
• Richmond, which is the State Capital of Virginia, lies 69 miles [111 km] to the north (N). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take about three full days and walking would take three full days.
• The White House (Washington, DC) is 165 miles [265.5 km] to the north (N). Driving would take about three hours, a buggy would take 7 days and walking would take 10 days.
• The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,024 miles [9,694.7 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
• The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,721 miles [10,816.4 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>
• The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,601 miles [7,404.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'